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Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Puerto Rico (US)

Gross tertiary enrolment in Puerto Rico (US) was 77.9% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2007.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2007 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Puerto Rico (US), 2023 77.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 −4.1percentage points 2022: 82.0%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 30th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Puerto Rico (US) over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Puerto Rico (US)World
2024 – 43.6%
2023 77.9% 43.2%
2022 82.0% 42.0%
2021 88.5% 41.1%
2020 88.4% 39.7%
2019 95.7% 38.7%
2018 107.5% 37.9%
2017 100.7% 37.5%
2016 100.6% 37.1%
2015 100.7% 36.6%
2014 97.2% 35.6%
2013 95.4% 33.1%
2012 94.0% 32.3%
2011 91.8% 31.1%
2010 90.7% 29.6%
2009 86.7% 28.3%
2008 84.5% 27.4%
2007 78.6% 26.3%
2006 – 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 – 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −4.1 percentage points from 82.0% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 95.4%, the figure has changed by −17.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Puerto Rico (US) has the 30th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

More for Puerto Rico (US)

All statistics for Puerto Rico (US)
Primary school enrolment (gross) 87.9% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 20.5% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 98.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 98.5% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 94.6% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 13.3% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

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Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 to 2023 for Puerto Rico (US)
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics